Question

We are _____ a hurry, so we shouldn't stay here for a long time. by on In the test sentence ‘We are _____ a hurry, so we shouldn't stay here for a long time.’ the phrase to refresh is ‘in a hurry’ that means ‘rushed; in a rushed manner; doing something quickly’ (They had so little time that they had to eat lunch in a hurry.; She ran away in a hurry.).The noun ‘hurry’ is used in some phrases: ‘be in a hurry’, ‘do something in a hurry’, ‘be in no hurry’, ‘not be in any hurry’, ‘in my/his/her etc hurry’, ‘no hurry’ (spoken), ‘what’s the hurry’ (spoken).In the test sentence we are given the phrase ‘…are _____ a hurry,…’ in which the preposition is omitted. Among the phases with the noun ‘hurry’ mentioned above we see ‘be in a hurry’, thus, we are to choose ANSWER 4 (in). Some English-English dictionaries consider this phrase to be an idiom that starts with a preposition. 1

Accepted Answer

4 at in prepositions

Task	We are _____ a hurry, so we shouldn't stay here for a long time.
Answer	4
a	by
b	at
c	on
d	in
comment	In the test sentence ‘We are _____ a hurry, so we shouldn't stay here for a long time.’ the phrase to refresh is ‘in a hurry’ that means ‘rushed; in a rushed manner; doing something quickly’ (They had so little time that they had to eat lunch in a hurry.; She ran away in a hurry.).The noun ‘hurry’ is used in some phrases: ‘be in a hurry’, ‘do something in a hurry’, ‘be in no hurry’, ‘not be in any hurry’, ‘in my/his/her etc hurry’, ‘no hurry’ (spoken), ‘what’s the hurry’ (spoken).In the test sentence we are given the phrase ‘…are _____ a hurry,…’ in which the preposition is omitted. Among the phases with the noun ‘hurry’ mentioned above we see ‘be in a hurry’, thus, we are to choose ANSWER 4 (in). Some English-English dictionaries consider this phrase to be an idiom that starts with a preposition.
topic	prepositions
level	1

Hurry Phrase Stay Long Test Sentence Noun Time